The Concept of Moving School and Its Practical Implementation in Bavarian Higher Secondary Schools

Children · 3 authors, 3 centres

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It found that the concept is not understood or implemented as a holistic idea, with most schools mentioning only one element, primarily 'Moving Break', while core classroom-based elements like 'Sitting in Motion' or 'Movement Breaks' are rarely referenced.

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The analysis of the curriculum revealed limited integration of movement and sport beyond physical education. While 50 school programmes mentioned at least one element, the most common was 'Moving Break' and extracurricular sport offers; classroom-based elements were rarely mentioned. Non-state schools showed a lead in implementation. The study concludes a holistic understanding of Moving School is absent, and the current approach is insufficient for sustainable integration of movement into students' daily lives. Limitations include the narrative review methodology and reliance on published documents which may not reflect actual practice.

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ORIGINAL PAPER

PMC10453455

The Concept of Moving School and Its Practical Implementation in Bavarian Higher Secondary Schools

Children

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ABSTRACT

Abstract The roles of physical activity and the reduction in sedentary activities in the healthy physical, psychosocial and mental development of children and adolescents are undisputed. This is where the concept of Moving School comes in, which has been expanded to a holistic approach that takes into account all areas of the school, including lessons, after-school care and breaks, and aims to provide students with a sufficient level of physical activity. There are no current studies that show to what extent this concept has arrived in the theoretical specifications for higher secondary schools and to what extent it is implemented in practice. In this study, by conducting a narrative review, we determine the core elements of the concept of Moving School. Furthermore, we analyse the extent to which these elements of Moving School are taken into account in the school curriculum, in published school programmes and on school homepages. In this study, we revealed that the concept of Moving School has hardly been implemented in practice in Bavarian higher secondary schools as mostly only single elements of it are referred to in the school curriculum, programmes and school homepages. It can therefore be assumed that the concept has not yet been able to achieve its intended effect, namely, to fill the daily lives of schoolchildren with movement, play and sport. Keywords: Moving School, physical activity, curriculum analysis, school programmes, school homepages, Bavarian higher secondary schools

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Paul Englert, Christian Andrä, Yolanda Demetriou. The Concept of Moving School and Its Practical Implementation in Bavarian Higher Secondary Schools. Children. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/children10081395

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Paul Englert, Christian Andrä, Yolanda Demetriou

1Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany
2Department of Movement and Sport Pedagogy, University of Applied Sciences for Sport and Management, 14471 Potsdam, Germany; [email protected]
3Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria; [email protected]